Khaleda’s plea for reinvestigation of Zia orphanage graft rejected
The High Court today rejected a petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking its order for re-investigation into a portion of Zia Orphanage Graft case against her.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order after holding hearing on the petition.
Khaleda Zia filed the petition on March 1 seeking reinvestigation into the portion of the case that involves financing for Zia Orphanage Trust.
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In the petition, she requested the HC to stay the trial proceedings of the case and to issue a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the lower court's rejection order should not be declared illegal.
Advocate Abdur Razzaque Khan appeared for Khaleda while Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan argued for the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The ACC filed the case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda, her elder son Tarique Rahman and four others for misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore that was received as grants for orphans via a foreign bank.
Of the six accused, Khaleda, former BNP lawmaker Salimul Haq Kamal and businessman Sharfuddin Ahmed are on bail while the others including Tarique have been absconding.
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